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posted by martyb on Tuesday September 03 2019, @04:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the on-the-road-again dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Carbon-heavy development in countries part of China's Belt and Road Initiative could render the Paris climate goals unreachable, according to a new analysis on the gargantuan global infrastructure project released Monday.

The massive network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe will see trillions invested in new infrastructure across 126 countries.

While the Chinese state is putting up a significant part of the cash, the project will also see other national and private-sector investment, and opponents warn of its devastating environmental impact.

An analysis of the possible carbon footprint of infrastructure development in Belt and Road (BRI) countries said there was a significant risk of the initiative alone producing enough greenhouse gas emissions to derail the Paris climate goals.

The 2015 accord enjoins nations to cap temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 Farenheit) above pre-industrial levels.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:51AM (6 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:51AM (#889151) Journal

    You talking particularly about that EU that is on its way to reduce it's CO2 emissions beyond what it promised [soylentnews.org]? The very one with an employment rate 73.2% [wikipedia.org] which is higher that the highest ever US employment rate (which was 64.70 percent in April of 2000 [tradingeconomics.com])?
    The one that managed to do that while taking, over the last 4years, over a millions refugees from zones destabilized by American actions [wikipedia.org] (Afghanistan, Syria, Lybia) and surpassing the entire refugee intake of US over a decade [wikimedia.org]?

    Me thinks you are speaking from your ass on this one.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @05:13PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @05:13PM (#889230)

    How is the employment rate 60% but unemployment rate 3%? Seems to be 37% missing there.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:28PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:28PM (#889284) Journal

      These are the times when "unemployed == receives welfare support". If one doesn't qualify for that support, one is simply not unemployed, even if s/he's living on the streets.

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday September 03 2019, @07:28PM (1 child)

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @07:28PM (#889264) Journal

    Most of those things aren't directly related to pollution. It you want to argue political stances, and actions, you've got a point, but that's a different argument.

    That said, the EU *has* done a terrific job at controlling pollution. I have no idea how much of their success is due to exporting it to other countries. That's no even clear (to me) of the US except in the case of recycling, which China has recently decided to opt out of.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:37PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @08:37PM (#889286) Journal

      Most of those things aren't directly related to pollution.

      Was answering to the assertion of "EU is leader in globalization/job outsourcing"
      How do you keep 72% of your workforce employed if you export jobs and import workforce?

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Captival on Tuesday September 03 2019, @09:28PM (1 child)

    by Captival (6866) on Tuesday September 03 2019, @09:28PM (#889298)

    When you're Big Chief Libtard, millions of illegal freeloader terrorists from the Mid East become poor refugees that were destabilized by America. Good job taking some of them in and bragging about your numbers while conveniently ignoring the US's millions of illegal immigrants. Sorry that your dad abused you though, leaving you with lifelong resentment and jealousy towards your superiors.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @09:39PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @09:39PM (#889300) Journal

      Don't give up your daily job until you learn how to clown.

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